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package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr;

import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.GroovyCodeVisitor;

/**
 * This class is a place holder for an empty expression. 
 * Empty expression are used in closures lists like (;). During
 * class Generation this expression should be either ignored or
 * replace with a null value.
 *   
 * @author Jochen Theodorou
 * @see org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.EmptyStatement
 */
public class EmptyExpression extends Expression {
    public static final EmptyExpression INSTANCE = new EmptyExpression();

    public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer) {
        return this;
    }

    public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor) {
        return;
    }
}